Clear health education, built around the patient’s next question.
Patients Academy is an educational initiative of Healthium. It was created to make reliable clinical information easier to understand before and after conversations with healthcare professionals.
What we are building
A growing library of short, focused educational resources covering medical conditions, investigations, treatment choices, recovery and questions patients commonly ask.
The library begins with prostate health and is designed from the outset to grow across specialties without becoming tied to a single condition.
Clinical leadership
Current prostate-health resources are clinically reviewed and approved by:
Professor Cristian Ilie
Consultant Urological Surgeon
GMC reference number: 6161449
Funding and independence
Patients Academy is operated by Urostar Limited, which owns the Healthium trade mark. Patient-facing clinical content is produced under our editorial and clinical governance standards.
Patients Academy currently carries no advertising or sponsorship.
Urostar Limited also trades as The Cambridge Prostate Practice, a private urology practice led by Professor Cristian Ilie. Patients Academy does not advertise, promote or refer patients to that practice or any other private service.
Any other funding, sponsorship or commercial relationship that could reasonably be perceived to influence a resource will be disclosed here.
Patients Academy is not an NHS service and is not endorsed by any NHS organisation.
What Patients Academy is not
It is not an online consultation service and it does not provide personalised diagnosis or treatment recommendations. Its role is to make reliable general information easier to understand and easier to discuss with your own healthcare team.